Hyrulian Nights

Hyrulian Nights

Scene 5: Sitting on Top of the World

LINK: Almost there.

(Zelda climbs over the top, but trips and falls into Link's arms. She stands up.)

ZELDA: I want to thank you for stopping that man.

LINK: Uh, forget it. (He grabs a pole.) So, uh, this is your first time in the marketplace, huh?

(Link pole vaults to the next building, leaving Zelda behind.)

ZELDA: Is it that obvious?

LINK: Well, you do kinda stand out. (He stares at her, still in love. She returns the look. But he realizes what he is doing, and returns to normal.) I mean, uh, you don't seem to know how dangerous Hyrule can me. (He lays a plank between the buildings for her to walk over, but as he is leaned down, she vaults over his head. He looks back in surprise. She tosses the pole to him. Both Link's and Navi's eyes bulge.)

ZELDA: I'm a fast learner.

LINK: Right. C'mon this way. (They go inside the roof of a building, dodging planks and beams as they go.) Whoa. Watch your head there. Be careful.

ZELDA: Is this where you live?

LINK: Yep. Just me and Navi. Come and go as we please.

ZELDA: Fabulous.

LINK: Well, it's not much, (He pulls back the curtain and exposes the castle.) but it's got a great view. Castle looks pretty amazing, huh?

ZELDA: Oh, it's wonderful.

LINK: I wonder what it would be like to live there, to have servants and valets...

ZELDA: Oh, sure. People who tell you where to go and how to dress.

LINK: It's better than here. Always scraping for food and ducking the guards.

ZELDA: You're not free to make your own choices.

LINK: Sometimes you feel so...

ZELDA: You're just...

BOTH: (in unison) trapped.

(They look at each other, realizing that they're perfect for one another. But Link then realizes where he is, and breaks the look. He takes the apple out of Navi's hand and rolls it down his arm into the hand of Zelda.)

LINK: So, where're you from?

ZELDA: What does it matter? I ran away, and I am not going back.

LINK: Really? (He takes a bite from the apple in his hand, then hands it to Navi, who has a disgusted look on her face.)

NAVI: Why you!

(Link walks over and sits next to Zelda.)

ZELDA: My father's forcing me to get married.

LINK: That's... that's awful. (Navi appears from behind the princess and tries to steal the apple.) Navi!

(Navi races up to a higher point, jingling and cursing as she goes.)

ZELDA: What?

LINK: Navi says that... uh... that's not fair.

NAVI: What?

ZELDA: Oh did she?

LINK: Yeah, of course.

ZELDA: And does Navi have anything else to say?

LINK: Well, uh, she wishes there was something she could do to help.

NAVI: Oh, Din!

ZELDA: Hmm, tell her that's very sweet.

(Link and Zelda have been getting closer and closer, until Link leans in to kiss her. He is interrupted, however, by the guards who have found them.)

GUARD: Here you are!

LINK and ZELDA: They've found me! (To each other) They're after you?

ZELDA: My father must have sent them...

LINK: Do you trust me?

ZELDA: What?

LINK: Do you trust me? (He extends his hand.)

ZELDA: Yes. (She takes it.)

LINK: Then jump!

(They both jump off the roof, fall and land in a pile of salt. They try to get away, but the exit is blocked by a guard.)

GUARD: We just keep running into each other, don't we, faerie boy?

(Again, the guard's helmet is pulled down by Navi, but more guards are here and block the exit. The first guard pulls Navi off his head and throws her in a vase. The other guards grab Link.)

GUARD: It's the dungeon for you, boy.

LINK: Hey, get off of me!

ZELDA: Let go of him.

GUARD: (Not realizing she is the princess) Look what we have here, men... a faerie girl. (He throws her down.)

ZELDA: (Standing up and pulling off the hood of her cloak) Unhand him, by order of the princess.

(The guards suddenly stop and bow, forcing Link to bow as well.)

GUARD: Princess Zelda.

LINK: The princess?

NAVI: (peeking out from the vase) The princess?

GUARD: What are you doing outside the palace? And with this faerie boy?

ZELDA: That's not your concern. Do as I command. Release him!

GUARD: Well, I would, princess, but my orders come from Ganondorf. You'll have to take it up with him.

(The guards drag Link out, bowing as they go.)

ZELDA: (with a very angry look) Believe me, I will.